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Monthly Archives: May 2010

“In the last 15 years alone, the number of smokers in Russia has doubled; the main increase was noticed among women and teenagers. Sociologists say the main reason for that are successful advertising campaigns by foreign tobacco companies that have flooded the Russian market after the collapse of Soviet Union.” (Russia Today)

So Now It’s time for NonSmoking advertisement! And to have it not once a year but every day!

Recently, I’ve discover this Russian Performance Ballet Group “Exiton”!These kids are incredible! Exiton was founded 20 years ago in in Russian city Ulyanovsk. For their history they’ve got 60 Grand Prix in dance competitions all over the world!I personally think that the kids dance better than professionals in Bolshoi Theater.

I just admire them!

Clockwork toys!
Kyle told:“They are like a bunch of Mexican jumping beans!”

And on the Moon, forward and back,A bear’s on elephant back,A lunar bear with clever azure eyes.He has no hunch that we are, here,Staring at him, admiring him,Preoccupied, fairy tales reciting.

And sorrow wastes away as you keep on studying heav’n withAn aided or unaided eye.The only rule, howe’er, is that neither snow nor rain thereShould be at this time outside.

And then among unmeasured possessions of the heaven,You’re sure to find a star of yours.That is, in the event that a perfectly fine weatherSets in on the planet of Earth.

Somebody, high, high above,Splattered some milk all about,As a result, the Milky Way occurred,And all along it, all along,All by the plains full of pearls,A crescent is sailing like a white pirogue.

And on the Moon, on the MoonOn a blue mo
und, a lunar mound,Moon folk are watching, never rearing eyes,A big sky-blue globe, the earth’s blue globe,Cross the Moon sky o’er and o’er,Splendidly setting down and sightly rising.

The riches of the cosmos are glimmering like breathing,The Zenith is buzzing a bit.In fact, there are some people who can distinctly hearA star to another star speak:

-Evening! – Evening!-Glittering? – Glittering.-Whats the time? – Midnight or aroundDown on the Earth at this hour,We can be seen best of all.-And how about kids? – Must be sleeping sound

Wholesomely, from the heart,Children are sleeping at night,Joyfully sleeping both in prams and cradles.May children dream dreams of theirsHow, on the Moon, a lunar bearAll to himself is telling fairy tales.All to himself is telling fairy tales.

And if you are not sleeping, I’ll share with you, by secret,A really astonishing thing:Here am I counting stars, but their number has no limitAnd that’s the whole story, indeed.

Look up through zenith tubes and reveal as well as I doRemote lands and alien worlds,That is, in the event that a perfectly fine weatherSets in on the planet of Earth.

Somebody, high, high above,Splattered some milk all about,As a result the Milky Way occurred,And all along it, all along,Crossing the plains full of pearls,A crescent is sailing like a white pirogue.

And on the Moon, on the MoonOn a blue mound, a lunar mound,Moon folk are watching, never rearing eyes,A big sky-blue globe, the earth’s blue globeCross nightly skies o’er and o’er,Splendidly setting down and sightly rising..

Ksenia Simonova continues creating sand shows about World War II or how we call it here The Great Patriotic War. We are diffidently fans of her art so today we publish a new video of hers: “One more time about the War”.

We don’t publish speeches and interviews with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev too often. But this one – I think is very important. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview for Russian newspaper “Izvestia”.

That is a long interview almost 30 minutes video. They brought up different questions mostly about World War II and it was very interesting to hear opinion of such intelligent person as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. I personally think that the whole interview is worth watching.

Izvestia: During Perestroika when the people of the Soviet Union opened its doors to the world, you could feel that civilizations had grown up, the world order had matured and nothing like World War II would ever happen again. But 20 years later, the world is still torn apart by conflict. Do you think there is at least a hypothetic possibility of a military conflict that would be similar to World War II in scale?

Dmitry Medvedev: Unfortunately, such a conflict is possible, because there are all sorts of countries on our planet, and they have all sorts of interests. This planet has a huge amount of weapons, and there are people who still consider war as a means for solving their political problems. After all, accidents will happen. So we must be prepared….